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Julius
Martialis was the tribune on guard in the camp. Appalled by the enormity and
suddenness of the crime, or perhaps fearing that the troops were very
extensively corrupted and that it would be destruction to oppose them, he
made many suspect him of complicity. The rest of the tribunes and centurions
preferred immediate safety to danger and duty. Such was the temper of men's
minds, that,
while there were few to venture on so atrocious a
treason, many wished it done, and all were ready to acquiesce.